I have tried replicating what you a talking about, but I haven't been able. When I ask him for a joke, he is quite funny. Do you have a screenshot to reproduce this?

The one I saw (which seems to alternate with some girlfriend joke):

>tell me a joke >>What's the difference between a feminist and a computer? >>You can punch information into a computer.

If you don't see what is wrong with that, ask around.

What is wrong with his jokes? I have tried asking him a few and his responses are quite funny.

I have indeed heard about FreeHAL. It won "Most Popular" (in the past) in the same contest in which my bot most recently was awarded "Best New Bot". FreeHAL is now discontinued, last I've heard.

Though were did you hear that it's creator was 13-years-old during itself inception? I'm not doubting it, I just haven't found any online sources to validate that point.

For some reason, I'm not able to replicate the bug you caught. On my side, ACUMAN answers that question correctly.

I am very indebted to my parents due to the way that I was raised and the freedom which being home-schooled permitted, but my parents are not familiar with the field of computer science and I must admit that I am entirely self-taught. This is because I came from a family of with a primarily literature-oriented and cultural background. I enjoy being raised in artistry.

Here is a Wiki page on my father: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Le_Van

My mother is an educator and tutor. http://www.myriamlevan.com/

My sisters are also musicians, who are studying at Princeton university.

Thank you! That's a nice compliment.

For me, it was 5% reading, 95% hands-on experience, though it differs from person-to-person.

Those bugs are fixed and the algorithm regarding identifying countries and states in discussion has been improved.

As I've replied to other people: No AIML. My bot uses its own markup language custom-made to its needs that I call ACUMANSCRIPT. What makes it special is the backend, which is much more flexible and advanced then AIML (which focusing on exact string matching).

In fact, ACUMAN beat the ALICE bot in the last Chatterbox Challenge by over 20 points, winning the "Best New Bot" prize.

http://acuman.us/readmore.php

The model behind my project is not designed after human interaction, but rather a combination of what is the most efficient for me to maintain and best mimics human behavior.

http://acuman.us/readmore.php

Hi, I wasn't able to reproduce that glitch.